Bridge replacements approved for Tama County

July 3, 2014

Tama County Engineer Lyle Brehm met with the Board of Supervisors Monday morning, June 30, informing them of two contracts for bridge replacement .

Brehm received bids on a bridge in Grant township, section 14 and Clark township, section 26.

The low bids came from Boulder Contracting, Grundy Center. The low bid in Grant Township is for a replacement of the bridge with a 2- cell box culvert at a cost of $327,019. The second bid is for a bridge in Clark Township with a replacement of a box culvert with a low bid of $282,575.

Supervisors approved a 2015 fiscal year transfer of funds from the General Basic Fund to the Secondary Road fund for $146,959 and a transfer from the Rural Fund to the Secondary Road Fund for $1,817,587.00 for a total transfer of $1,964,546.

Another resolution was approved to appropriate funds as adopted in the county budget to the county departments for the fiscal year of 2015.